Knefastia hilli

Knefastia hilli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.[1]

Knefastia hilli
Shell of Knefastia hilli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Knefastia
Species:
K. hilli
Binomial name
Knefastia hilli
Petuch, 1990

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 58 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama.

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References
  1. Knefastia hilli Petuch, 1990. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221
  • E. Petuch, A new Molluscan Faunule from the Caribbean Coast of Panama; The Nautilus v. 104 (1990); Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum, American Malacologists, Inc. Delaware Museum of Natural History.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Knefastia hilli


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